Associate Director HV Substation Design (UK wide) - job 1 of 4

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Our UK&I T&D team is spread across Aberdeen, Ashford, Basingstoke, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Croydon, Dublin, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, Leeds, London Aldgate, Manchester, Newcastle, Nottingham, Plymouth, St Albans.

The Role

AECOM is recruiting for a primary plant focused Associate Director to join our UK Transmission and Distribution (T&D) department. Our T&D team delivers HV design for electrical power projects at transmission and distribution voltage levels. The focus of this role is primary plant design for large-scale infrastructure, grid connections, and private networks at voltage levels normally between 132 kV to 400kV. Typical projects include feasibility, optioneering, FEED, detailed design, and design assurance on existing or new substations and other infrastructure.

Our work typically comes from:

• Large projects and frameworks with transmission network operators mostly in UK and Ireland but also in Australia, New Zealand, and the Middle East.
• Client and owners engineer role on construction of HV infrastructure
• Connections of renewable generation and hyperscale data centres
• Internal AECOM clients delivering large industrial and electrification projects

In addition, to the engineering responsibilities, this role includes some support to bidding, project, and quality management. 

Required/Essential Skills & Experience 

• Previous experience with consultancy, contractor, or utility in the energy sector. Client experience with National Grid, SHET, SSE, SPT or any other transmission utility or developer in UK or Ireland.
• 10 Years plus experience as FEED designer, detailed design, or owner’s engineer role in HV substation design.
• Experience designing HV infrastructure at concept and FEED and detailed design stages.
• Understanding of electrical AC HV Plant infrastructure and equipment both AIS and GIS.
• National Grid Design Assurance authorisation such as LCDAE, CDAE, TP137 or TP141
• Ability to work flexibly across multiple projects.
• Chartered status
• Full driver licence.
• Mentoring/Leading a team of younger/less experienced engineers.
• Honors Degree in Electrical Engineering.

A Secondment to HV utilities or developers may also be an option for this role.

Required/Essential Skills & Experience 

• Previous experience with consultancy, contractor, or utility in the energy sector. Client experience with National Grid, SHET, SSE, SPT or any other transmission utility or developer in UK or Ireland.
• 10 Years plus experience as FEED designer, detailed design, or owner’s engineer role in HV substation design.
• Experience designing HV infrastructure at concept and FEED and detailed design stages.
• Understanding of electrical AC HV Plant infrastructure and equipment both AIS and GIS.
• National Grid Design Assurance authorisation such as LCDAE, CDAE, TP137 or TP141
• Ability to work flexibly across multiple projects.
• Chartered status
• Full driver licence.
• Mentoring/Leading a team of younger/less experienced engineers.
• Honors Degree in Electrical Engineering.

A Secondment to HV utilities or developers may also be an option for this role

Desirable Skills & Experience 

• Project management (incl. budget and quality).
• Proposal/Bid development including leading multi discipline proposals to completion.
• Working as part of a team and have a client-focused mindset customer facing skills.
• Experience of managing multi-discipline engineering projects
• Experience of design & site construction review, the role is primary plant focused, but knowledge and understanding of secondary system design will be advantageous.
• Control systems, transformers, HVDC systems, interconnectors, HV Protection & Control knowledge and experience would be advantageous.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [email protected] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours. We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [email protected]  if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.